St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-24
The Attachment Of Furseh-
Madi--Other People in
Search Of Funds.
James RafteP Dies Of Heart
Disease--OVer $4,000
Found in His Bed.
Pleasant Reception to the
Graduates of the High
School--Other Matters.
LOCKED OUT.
The Smooth TOngued Manager
Masters the Situation.

The Smooth Tongued Manager
Masters the Situation.
Charles f. Locke, the smOoth-talking
manager of that aggregation of vocal
and instrumental talent known as the
National Opera company, peeped
sweetly between the sheets in room ia
at the West hotel yesterday morning at
2 O'Clock. and informed a GLOBE re-
porter that the reports to the effect that
his company was practically stranded
were entirely erroneous.
But, Mr. Locke" the reporter put
in, here are the unpaid bills from st.
Paul and that $1,000 claim of Nine.
FurSch-Madi.''
Nothing to it, my boy" said Mr..
Locke blandly.
But it's reported that your company
will disband after this engagement"
'Pshaw. absurd, rats" calculated
the occupant of the bed in the corner.
Everybody is satisfied. and everybody
is paid. good night.''
Nevertheless oily MIR. Locke found
later in the day that there were several
people who were not satisfied. The
ballet dancers who had refused to 'gO
on the night before wanted their
salaries. and the sounds of inter-
nal strife had not died away before
there was an influx of st. Paul collect
OrS and attorneys. The West hotel
took steps to secure itself by attach
ment upon the baggage, and there was
the deuce TO pay generally. Manager
COnklin. of the Grand, came to the res
cue in the emergency, guaranteed some
bills and paid others, and by night the
smoke had cleared away and revealed
Mr.. Locke with an unruff1ed brow.
calmly chewing tOOthpick. Evidently
the little furry through which he had
passed was not marker to some former
experiences.
HEARD IN ST. PAUL.
''It was 2 o'clock in the morning."
said Joe HenShaw, of the Ryan, ''before
! finished the business that compelled
me to 90 to Minneapolis Thursday night
in xuest of Manager Locke, Of the Ma
tiOnal Opera company. He had neg
lected to paw the bill due the hotel,
which amounted TO several hundred
dollars. and | had a pretty lively time
Of it getting my account settled. Finally
/ managed To get Mr.. Locke by himself
and told him that l wished to avoid
harsh measures, but had a deputy sher-
III at hand who would see that | was
not left in any business transaction be-
tween Us. and advised him to settle at
once. He is pretty cold man, but he
soon thawed out under the persuasive
influences that | brought to bear, and
before left him had a check in my
pocket from Manager COnklin, Of the
put in a good word for the
Stage owner, Mr.. Cook, and killed
two birds with one stone, for his
bill was liquidated, too. MesSTs. Lud-
wig and BasSett had taken steps to at
tach the receipts in the box office to re-
cover their salaries, and in fact had
instructed their attorney to that effect,
but rumOr that | whispered to them
concerning a bonus of $500 that had
been deposited for the principal singers
induced a change of front. and | was
enabled to get my work in ahead of any
body else. 1t is the general opinion at
Minneapolis that the opera company
will net last much longer, fol it has
been travelling on its baggage for the
past two or three weeks. -"
OTHER MINNEAPOLIS ATTRACTIONS.
The BOStOnianS will arrive in the city
Monday morning at 9, and their first
performance will be given at the Grand
Monday afternoon. when a grand Holt
day matinee will be given, Fra
DiavolO" being the bill. On Monday
and Thursday evenings the new opera
of 1.-The Poachers'' will be presented.
"Fatiniza" will be given Tuesday night.
The company is in excellent spirits, and
Misses Stone and Huntington will no
doubt receive a warm welcome. Karl
Is said to be in better voice than ever,
and Barnabee and all the rest are indulg-
ing Id the highest notes. The advance
sale indicates a successful engagement.
The company now numbers siXty-five
people.
The new drop by Harvey. now being
painted for the Grand, will be hung
Tuesday evening during the ''Fatinitza"
performance.
A good performance at the Peoples,
last night, was for the benefit of the re-
lief corps of Morgan post.
Matinees at all of the theaters to-day